Finally something! Merry Christmas to everyone, sorry I've been slack on both the art and responding-to-everybody sides but hopefully the new year will see some improvements on both fronts!
It's very nice to do some pencil drawing; this took a couple of hours (or more, the afternoon sort of slipped away) while christmassing up with the family, out in the country.
That is so cool! I like how rough the strokes are.... lines going to any direction but the combination of it just complements the whole picture like it's the only way this piece should be done... Just perfect!
you know what's impressive about this? How subtle the pencil work is...you totally buy the scene. What looks like a loose sketch has all these intricate little details like the fairy's reflection in the stream and the texture of the water under the broken tree. Well done. Seriously well done. I keep coming back to this one to look at it again.